The subjects for first year production engineering are-
- Engineering Mathematics 1
- Engineering Mathematics 2
- Engineering Physics
- Physics Lab
- Engineering Chemistry
- Chemistry Lab
- Engineering Mechanics
- Basics of Civil and Mechanical Engineering
- Basics of Electrical, Electronics and Communication Engineering
- Engineering Graphics
- Computer Programming in C
- Mechanical Workshops
- Electrical and Civil Workshops.
The subjects are almost same for all branches during first year with slight variations from university to university. This year is the easiest year to study because you are familiar with all the subjects (except one or two) and its syllabus. The only problem is that you get a lot of assignments and a lot of workshop/lab record work to complete. It becomes a burden when you keep it till the end.
But apart from that you have plenty of time compared to other semesters. You have a lot of time to make friends, take part in activities such as cultural, sports, etc. But this year is the year when you can develop your confidence, management skills, conquer stage fears, handle situations, work under pressure, etc. If you are weak in all these then you should focus in developing such qualities otherwise it is very difficult to get a job because a company is looking for a person with all these qualities. Now the best thing to do to develop such qualities is to take part in Technical Fests that are conducted in various in various colleges. You might be shy to take part in your own college, so it is better to take part in fests that come about in other colleges. The events like Best Manager, Mr.Tech fest, etc helps you in understanding the standard of other students, your weakness, where you have to improve, etc. It is not about winning or losing. it is all about understanding and developing. During the first year you should also try to develop your interest towards your course. There might be students who might be having no idea about computer programming in C because they didn't choose it in higher secondary school.
So I advice all those students who are weak in C programming to get an idea about it by referring a book or by going for a C program course. Engineering Graphics is all about concepts, visualizing or imagining an object in three dimensional planes and drawing its different views on paper. Some students find it hard to understand, so I recommend those students to understand the basics of Engineering Graphics before joining for engineering.
GUIDANCE FOR PRODUCTION ENGINEERING-2
SUBJECTS FOR SECOND YEAR
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As I have told you before, production engineering is similar to mechanical engineering and therefore production engineers can apply for mechanical jobs in government sector. In government sector there are jobs specifically for production engineers and I understood that there is a huge scope and demand for production engineers even in government sector.
I will tell you my experience- During my final year of production engineering I registered in many government sites such as Public Service Commission (PSC), Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), Railways, Air force, Navy etc. During registration i had to fill a lot of online forms such as contact details, family details, educational qualification, upload photo with name and date, upload signature, etc. In qualification form they ask about our highest qualification and I typed B.Tech (B.E) and there is a scroll down option for selecting your branch in which production or mechanical production engineering is available for selection. After registration I received a lot of notifications for recruitment exclusively for production engineers and understood that there is a lot of requirement or demand for production engineers. I even applied for jobs requiring mechanical engineers but there was a notification telling that I am not eligible. Now here comes the benefit of mechanical equivalent certificate. You can say that you are eligible for the desired mechanical engineer post and there is an option for selecting mechanical equivalent certificate. In some cases they tell you to select a minimum number of 10-15 subjects that you have studied from the given list of mechanical subjects (which I am sure we would have studied during our course). In Air force registration, they ask you to select subjects from the given list.
It is an advantage for us that we can apply for production jobs as well as mechanical government jobs.
First of all let me assure all that production engineering is not lower compared to mechanical engineering. Every student is scared to opt production engineering because they haven't heard of production engineers. This is because in the beginning there was only mechanical engineering and the importance of production and industrial engineering came in the later stage. Hence only few colleges teach production engineering and its importance is growing every year. Many companies including companies abroad specify their requirement for production engineers and its scope is huge.
I have stated in my previous posts that production engineering is similar to mechanical engineering and I have mentioned about mechanical equivalent certificate for production engineers. In the comments of my previous posts I saw that students have doubt whether all colleges teaching production engineering provide the equivalency certificate. Well according to my view point all universities should provide a mechanical equivalency certificate and if I am wrong may be it depends on the university (whether autonomous or not) and their syllabus. In different universities the syllabus for production engineering differs. In certain university the syllabus might be 90% similar to mechanical engineering while in certain university the degree of similarity might be 60% and the universities provide equivalency certificate according to the degree of similarity. For example I did production engineering from Calicut university and I got mechanical equivalent certificate. Calicut university provides mechanical equivalent certificate because its syllabus is more than 85% similar (just 4 subjects and 2 labs different) to mechanical engineering.
Now the truth is that I have never used my mechanical equivalent certificate for any interviews because in the registration form or online form there was always slot for production engineers whether the company was IT or manufacturing based. But it comes to use while applying for mechanical jobs through Public Service Commission (PSC), UPSC, Railways etc.
(If anyone knows any university which doesn't provide a mechanical equivalent certificate for production engineers please leave a comment).
Important- Always inquire your respective universities rather than your college about equivalent certificate. Your college might or might not know about equivalent certificate because after course you have to go to your university (not your college) and apply for the same.
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